| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.69 | ‘ We blush that thou shouldst choose, but, be refused, | We blush that thou shouldst choose, but be refused; |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.140 | marry me when his wife was dead, I blush to say it, he | marrie mee when his wife wasdead, I blush to say it, he |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.12 | I followed that I blush to look upon. | I follow'd that I blush to looke vpon, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.149 | Nay, blush not, Cleopatra. I approve | Nay blush not Cleopatra, I approue |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.146 | as he is, I must blush and weep, and thou must look | as hee is, I must blush, and weepe, and thou must looke |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.27 | than with safety of a pure blush thou mayst in honour | then with safety of a pure blush, thou maist in honor |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.120 | In the which hope I blush, and hide my sword. | In the which hope, I blush, and hide my Sword. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.69 | Whether I blush or no. Howbeit, I thank you. | Whether I blush or no: howbeit, I thanke you, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.143 | That I shall blush in acting, and might well | I shall blush in acting, / And might well |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.5 | Blush that the world goes well, who rather had, | Blush, that the world goes well: who rather had, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.42 | That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; | That blurres the grace and blush of Modestie, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.83 | O shame, where is thy blush? Rebellious hell, | O Shame! where is thy Blush? Rebellious Hell, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.72 | fool, must you be blushing? Wherefore blush you now? | Foole, must you be blushing? Wherefore blush you now? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.300 | We hope to make the sender blush at it. | We hope to make the Sender blush at it: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.114 | blush to affirm it. | blush to affirme it. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.66 | Blush for pure shame to counterfeit our roses, | Blush for pure shame, to counterfeit our Roses, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.48 | But be thou mild and blush not at my shame, | But be thou milde, and blush not at my shame, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.98 | Well, Suffolk, thou shalt not see me blush, | Well Suffolke, thou shalt not see me blush, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.167 | To blush and beautify the cheek again. | To blush and beautifie the Cheeke againe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.118 | I would assay, proud Queen, to make thee blush. | I would assay, prowd Queene, to make thee blush. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.97 | And not bewray thy treason with a blush? | And not bewray thy Treason with a Blush? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.305 | Now, if you can blush and cry ‘ Guilty,’ Cardinal, | Now, if you can blush, and crie guiltie Cardinall, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.307 | I dare your worst objections. If I blush, | I dare your worst Obiections: If I blush, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.14 | If she did blush, 'twas tender modest shame, | If she did blush twas tender modest shame, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.16 | If he did blush, 'twas red immodest shame, | If he did blush, twas red immodest shame, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.88 | Who looking wistly on me make me blush, | Who looking wistely on me, make me blush: |
| King John | KJ IV.i.112 | An if you do, you will but make it blush | And if you do, you will but make it blush, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.153 | Of your dear mother England, blush for shame! | Of your deere Mother-England: blush for shame: |
| King John | KJ V.v.2 | But stayed and made the western welkin blush, | But staid, and made the Westerne Welkin blush, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.127 | You may look pale, but I should blush, I know, | You may looke pale, but I should blush I know, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.129 | Come, sir, you blush! As his your case is such; | Come sir, you blush: as his, your case is such, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.136 | And marked you both, and for you both did blush. | And markt you both, and for you both did blush. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.38 | For if they could, Cupid himself would blush | For if they could, Cupid himselfe would blush |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.40 | Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty. | Her blush is guiltinesse, not modestie. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.136 | Blush not in actions blacker than the night | Blush not in actions blacker then the night, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.22 | And what may make him blush in being known, | And what may make him blush in being knowne, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.57 | Blush, blush, thou lump of foul deformity; | Blush, blush, thou lumpe of fowle Deformitie: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.32 | Here are the beetle brows shall blush for me. | Here are the Beetle-browes shall blush for me. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.86 | Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek | Else would a Maiden blush bepaint my cheeke, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.39 | Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin. | Still blush, as thinking their owne kisses sin. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.387 | Whose blush doth thaw the consecrated snow | Whose blush doth thawe the consecrated Snow |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.15 | My sons' sweet blood will make it shame and blush. | My sonnes sweet blood, will make it shame and blush: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.114 | I blush to think upon this ignomy. | I blush to thinke vpon this ignominie. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.121 | What, canst thou say all this and never blush? | What canst thou say all this, and neuer blush? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.228 | And bid the cheek be ready with a blush | And on the cheeke be ready with a blush |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.29 | straight. You must be witty now. She does so blush, | straight; you must be witty now, she does so blush, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.38 | Come, come, what need you blush? Shame's | Come, come, what neede you blush? / Shames |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.105 | O Proteus, let this habit make thee blush! | Oh Protheus, let this habit make thee blush. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.243 | The straight young boughs that blush with thousand blossoms | The straight yong Bowes that blush with thousand Blossoms |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.141 | Allowest no more blood than will make a blush, | Alow'st no more blood than will make a blush, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.4 | Whose modest scenes blush on his marriage day, | (Whose modest Sceanes blush on his marriage day, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.30 | False accusation blush, and tyranny | False Accusation blush, and Tyrannie |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.12 | Digest it with accustom, I should blush | Digest with a Custome, I should blush |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.581.1 | I'll blush you thanks. | Ile blush you Thanks. |